Tuesday, October 28, 2008

IOC and transgender athletes

I thought the debate in class was very interesting today regarding the IOC and NCAA and transgender athletes. I think the two year requirement is a good rule to have. If there was not that rule and athletes were able to play during the process of their transition, then that means and man could play on a women's team from the moment he takes his first estrogen pill and a women could compete as a man as soon as she takes her first hormone pill. This would definitely be an unfair advantage. And who is to say that athlete would make the opposite sexes team, wouldnt they still have to try out.My question is if an athlete is on scholarship, is that scholarship revoked ones they decide to go through the process of becoming the opposite sex and if so, when in the process is it revoked. Would their scholarship just carry over?I am also not quite sure how many college athletes this effects. I have seen documentaries about middle aged people doing this because it was not until they already went through life, that they decide to make the change. I think there needs to be a policy in place if this is a big issue in college sports.

Kelly Uemura

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